Exclusive: Phillipa Soo & Will Poulter Talk Hulu’s Dopesick and morality issues
Coming out this week on Hulu from Executive Producer Danny Strong and starring and executive produced by Michael Keaton is the limited series “Dopesick,” which examines how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Big Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA. Defying all the odds, heroes will emerge in an intense and thrilling ride to take down the craven corporate forces behind this national crisis and their allies. The limited series is inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by Beth Macy.
The eight episode series stars Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Will Poulter, John Hoogenakker, with Kaitlyn Dever and Rosario Dawson. Guest stars include Phillipa Soo and Jake McDorman.
“Dopesick” is written by Emmy winner, Danny Strong (“Empire,” “Recount,” “Game Change”) and directed by Oscar winner, Barry Levinson (PATERNO, RAIN MAN).
Will Poulter and Phillipa Soo play Billy and Amber, sales reps for Purdue Pharma. Poulter is known for his work in The Revenant, Detroit and The Maze Runner while Soo is known for her role as Eliza in Broadway’s Hamilton.
BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales caught up with Soo and Poulter as they spoke about the morality issues that their characters play with in the series.